PETER’S HUMOR? – WINTER 2005
Overheard in a hunting bar “Why is it called tourist season if we’re not allowed to shoot them?” A businessman and a banker went duck hunting; they rowed out to the middle of the lake…
ANIMAL DEFENSE LEAGUE CAUSES SUSPENSION OF DEER KILLING!
Days before a deer slaughter (culling) was to begin in Lloyd Harbor, Long Island, NY, the Animal Defense League put out the following alert: THE BAIT & BULLET KILLING BEGINS THIS WEDNESDAY 11/16 YOU CAN…
PIT BULLS KNOCK DOWN HUNTER AND CHEW UP HIS ARROWS
Full article by Tom Ernst News Southtowns Bureau 11/18/2005 As a Marine, Cliff Green spent 13 months in combat in Vietnam. The Franklinville man also has wrestled bulls on dairy farms. But he says he…
ASK UNCLE JOE – WINTER 2005
BY JOE MIELE GOT A QUESTION FOR UNCLE JOE? YOU CAN E-MAIL IT TO ASKUNCLEJOE@HOTMAIL.COM . WOULD YOU RATHER SNAIL MAIL YOUR QUESTION? SEND IT TO: ASK UNCLE JOE, C/O WILDLIFE WATCH, BOX 562, NEW…
They Call the Wind Mariah
BY ANNE MULLER By now everyone has a Katrina connection & if not, should – ours is Mariah Moria Holland, the amazing New Orleans dog rescuer, came to visit with the many dogs she had…
Can We Reduce Deer/Car Collisions?
BY PETER MULLER Every year, across the nation newspaper articles decry the many deer-car collisions that, cause $1.2 billion in property damage, over 110 human deaths, thousands of human injuries, and cause agonizing pain and…
Who’s Batty?
Wildlife Watch was disappointed to read recently in a local newspaper that a New York county health commissioner encourages the killing of any bat who gets into a house. The commissioner recommended using a tennis…
Dog Shot with Arrow
Dr. John Lewis called Charlotte Williamson on Nov. 13 and told her that Alice, her dog, had been shot with an arrow, tipped with a three-bladed broad head. About six inches of it was buried…
What Happened to Tom?
Following turkey hunting season, one of our members who is a backyard naturalist and nature photographer called Wildlife Watch because she was distressed over seeing one of “her” flock with an arrow in his wing…
Hunters Continue to Devolve
BY DAVID KVERAGAS Lest anyone question Pennsylvania’s status as having one of the most benighted populations of hunters, the following facts will confirm its truth: The Pennsylvania legislature is considering legalizing atlatls for hunting. For…